Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper
ONLINE TWITTER @star_observerISSUE 1129 FACEBOOK Star ObserverFriday 22 June 2012starobserver.
com.
au
Est.
1979
Pam Ann
takes flight
page 17
Advocates
reject
earlyvote
Marriage equality advocates have hit back...
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Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper
ONLINE TWITTER @star_observerISSUE 1129 FACEBOOK Star ObserverFriday 22 June 2012starobserver.
com.
au
Est.
1979
Pam Ann
takes flight
page 17
Advocates
reject
earlyvote
Marriage equality advocates have hit back at
reports members of Labor’s right faction want
to rush a vote on same-sex marriage while
Parliamenthasthenumberstoopposeit.
It was reported this week that members of
the right want an early vote on NSW Labor
MP Stephen Jones’ same-sex marriage private
member’s bill to push it off the agenda, claiming
itisdamagingtheparty.
Australian Marriage Equality national
convenor Alex Greenwich said the move
would “betray” the wishes of most Labor Party
members.
“Whatthey’retryingtodoistopromoteabitof
defeatism, but that’s really underestimating the
resolve of those who support marriage equality,”
GreenwichtoldtheStar Observer.
“The whole strategy around that is really
betraying the grassroots of the party because it
was made clear last ye
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